While the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Drought Monitor reports that virtually all of Connecticut continues to suffer through a moderate to severe drought, that has not been the case with regard to real property and land use cases this last year. A flood of important decisions has flowed out of the courts. We should enjoy them while we can, because with judicial branch cutbacks typical real property and land use cases now find themselves in a position of lowest priority, far behind criminal prosecutions and family law matters.
The forecast for 2016-17: expect the loss of 500 branch employees, 101 marshals no longer on the job, and the closing, thus far, of the Windham courthouse, juvenile courts in Danbury, Stamford and Torrington, and lockups in Hartford and New Haven to bring court resolution of real property and land use disputes to a near standstill. Start thinking really hard about alternative dispute resolution, which the Connecticut Bar Foundation will address in a free, full-day symposium open to all on March 17, 2017, at the Quinnipiac University School of Law, focusing on land use and environmental matters.
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